HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1898-12-16, Page 9RAiLRILID FORGE.:
A)ID THE DEI'EOTIVES
et ItIJAN meta:re)Y.
'MOS tereegrear one or moro • of fhiree
• •evorite woalld follow; she would in all
probability send a telegraphic reply; she
would also be likely to mail a letter to
:her sister—and she relight, either imme-
"i:ateiy "e within a day or two, proceed
in person to Boston. This last course
would, to us, have Veen tho most accept -
'able of all; as it must have led our
shadows direct, and with tho least loss
sof time, to the forger's hiding place.
'Precisely what did happen will now sp-
inier.
In Pittsburg it wtis about half -past ten
•o'olook when .Mr. Gabe saw tho tele -
.graph luessengor entering Dunstable's
This ,store, `vas ono of the coutingellcies
-Tor which he had been prepared—in fact
1 be already knew what the telegram Was
•and for whom intended. But nothing
• now could be loft to mere hap-hazard—
•ovory step and oirotunstanoo roast be
.assured anti verified.
In the space of about half a minute the
-detective pa^ed slowly by the door and
-with a,sweeping glance inward observed
..at a rear counter Miss Greenleaf reading
rthe despatch, and the boy standing by as
'if waiting for tho answer. Turning on
,ills heel immediately, Gabe went into the
►store, and engaged ono of the assistants
:rear the front with some aimless in-
quiries, just long enough to perceive that
•Lizzie was writing a message at the
;book -keeper's desk, and the telegraph boy
seated evidently waiting to take charge
of it. ttwihoutlosinganotlher moment tho
•,detectlbo was again in the street, and
"watching at a little distance for the lad to
'•come forth:
In duo time the messenger stepped out,
"with the freshly* written paper folded
into his despatch hook.
Now, indeed,. had come the crowning
'emergency—to the detective, to Bangs,
to myself, to all of tis—for in that des-
patch •.of Miss Greenleaf must; bo the
orgor's address!,
Tho boy at onco took the direction of
'the telegraph station—which was dis-
tant about four blocks—but with that
listless indifference to haste which is ohar-
art•:ri::tic of youths of his profession.
'When about two blocks of the way he was
entartnken by a staid, clorky-looking
-.man, without any slat, and with a pen
etoijectIng over hie ear, who tapped hint
•on the shoulder, and somewhat breath-
- lessly demanded:—
" Say,
emanded:"Say, huh, it's you that's just been to
Dunstable's? '
"Yee, Sir, thnt's 111e."
"Iain so glad I overtook you. Miss
13reenleaf left; out a wer:1 in thatlnessnge
ashe•ha ; just glom you, and she slurried
enc after you to stick it in. Lady
eoul;in't run out of the store herself,
you know."
"I3ui" looked. and listened, and Ihesi-
• toted—and with at dint (QI1SC1ettSnaSr, el'
his exaot duty setened inclined to g )
Maes: to the hitiy herself.
"store—you knew .i'in the book-keeper
at Dunstable's—site grave 111e this qu<at•ter
dollar for yon, v.) that you shouldn't
'delay; take this pencil and writ:' tho
-word in ynursl;lf—I'ii show you where-
-It will answer jute. t':: sante." •
a'hus rag •.ted t : the . boy 310 longer
reei:ated, unci et enett sq;.cad the paper
out on the cover of Ilia book, so that
'Mr. Gabe for Iei wee the pr:tendcd
!look-iteepor, could point out where. the
•woaY wee •:.Esti:'••. Th'ro'being already
�• to et "Is in the an :..,arae the only one
}}? e)"!:e.o woks :••.1gg'tit was -the word.
•"fxrooni •af" wiar;l he caused the lad to
-wrr a after` the "I-i:•zie," with winch the
t4es•)r:tait was stoma.
"rue. see," 110 0)1i(1, complacently, ns
he left the boy to pr o eo.i, "they mightn't
think who it was from unless Miss
• (4keenleaf 1+•rot' lir full name."
Brief as this opporeunity was, the
• deteotivchl:d time.enough to (levnmit to
• memory the; addrees and contents of the
:'telegram, which wacky ns follows:— '
• "MRS. E. H. P.URCEL,L,
u Bhston, Mess.
' "Ctlean :t poeeibl,1 go. Mar'e1ila sick.
s9.1o1') in country with Granctlnnm)nat.
r "LIZZIE."
( " nag the sift hat which he now
. Of his po(ikot, Mr. Gabs- hest-
another/telegraph station, and
1nittinn Lizzie's telegrams to
-retuned at onco to hit post
tunsta,1)10's. At noon Alise Green-
ft the store as' usual, and lilt:•riedly
.'.0d to her sirter's house in Alh'gl1-
ty. Iiera she spent the greater part
tour, and era tier return dropper. a
•tto a street po;,tal-box. and next
to a telegraph station and for-
tnother despatch.
either of these contained, of
he had no lne:ills of knowing,
ding to his instructions ho
;replied the filets. Once noire
ills wattelt untii evening rtaw
enlcaaf to the ('t,ulhtrland \`alloy
.d, and into the train that was
chrr'y ,ler to her country home; and
en'irenlained at the Begot ttntil spelt
late hour that he knew 5110 could not
_heiget to Pittsburg; before morning.
nhis return to the hotel Gabe found
biting hint a despatch from Mr.
ung3s, cautioning him that Lizzie had
Id in hes' second despatch that . silo
ight yet go Hast. UP was therefore to
minute- cin his shadow duty until fev-
er orders- ebeing ready at all =entente
jump on the same train): with her it
0 left the city.
rs. Pelham.. had IV't'n notified to con -
as if nothing happened, but bo
on the alert it Lizzie should again
Willingness to go to Boston;
rig to accompany her if it coasts
0 Without exciting; suspicion.
last move rejoiu Dir. Thomas at
t We would secs what had been
is'ettertlittg telegram of the
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naming;. About an Ener after 'loon be
lets:l a despatch frons Mr. Linden,
Fling trim that Lizzie had sent a r.i•le-
•'n tresatil to Mrs. 1'1. H. 1'toeell, and that
was to , be pl'oeured at the telegraph'
•+',ice under that name. This ho found it
• a
c {v to do by means of t1 written order
• :everting to bo frons that lady, and all
'.•i easier that he was 1lints:1f known
i- the person evhn,tolagraphed in 11)0
i)orni:tg to Miss Greenleaf of Pitt+burg.
Sr,•
etvro three n nloc•k ho had another
• 'ler informing a
degram afar. ling him. that Lizzie had
•'nt a second despatoh, which ho !vas to
.:)fain in like manner, and telegraph a
my bank to the Now York Agency,
.:tarn its Contents were 1LS yet unknown.
`!:is also he was su0ceseful, tate
••::patch so obtained. and re -transmitted
eiug as follows:—
"MRS. E. H. PU'RCELL,
Boston, Massachusetts.
"May come later, but would not kuow
:here to go. Seo to -day's letter.
"LIZZIE."
This latter, it will be seen, was the
defer= which Lizzie forwarded on her
,•to the c
ay 1 store from Allegheny tlity,
out tho letter referred to in it, tiro letter
•u had then mailed. It was also the
nspiration of the Agency telegram wliieh
fr. Gabe receivedlato at night, directing
to stand lav his post on the chance
of Lizzie taking train for the East.
Now, if anything was oleate front these
two telegrams of Lizzie, it was that
Dudley was using the value of 3Irs.1S. FI.
Purcell as a cover for his correspondence,
and that this address—incomplete as it
was—had already sufficed to bring his
sister-nl-law's letters to him. It she were
possessed of a more detailed one, she would
certainly use it for her telegrams in this
hour of calamity; and indeed the second
despatch proved beyond • doubt that she
did not know of any, and that' Dudley
had never confided to her his exact where-
abouts in Boson. After all tiro girl had
told Mri Pelham the truth; and except-
ing the "protective naino of Purcell, we
really knew as much a mouth before as
by stratagem we had now learned..
But this name was everything..
.Thomas did not need to •watt.for instruc-
tions to betake himself at once to the
General Delivery -room at the post -office,
and there watch—with Loomis in the near
neighborhood—for the person who 'night
°ali for a letter for Mrs. E. H. Purcell.
Whether rarely or frequently, it was evi-
dent that this VMS the only place at
which the forger contci obtain letters
so intiefibitely addressed.
CHAPTER TXXVI.
Mr. Bangs now denided to make a trip
tel Boston. Ho felt that tho conclusion of
the operation was now at hand and
that fitting arrangements should .bo made
on the field of battle. llveything had been
staked for an early triumph; and the
smallle:.t 1)11011 or misconstruction alight
r,hatter all Car plana Neither to tho mail
or the telegraph, therefore, would he in-
trust those final instructions on which
the, victorious issue depended.
Stetting from New York iu the after -
Leen he toand Mr.. Thomas shortly before
Ieticinh ht in the Sherman House, in
Roston. Tho (lit rotiva 15)15 better plowed
to tee hint than a dozen lettere, for he
was not a little oppressed with the re-
sponsibility of itis mission, and naturally
felt relieved when under tho guidance of
leis mentions chief.
".1I101 Miss Greenleaf's letter arrived?"
team the first queetion of the • General'
!e'er •'t"n'1^nt 1i; sem as they Were
••leott'd safe from in110510:).
"it has,sit it's now in tile post -office, "
replied the deteetive. . •
''How'—I11 tho General Delivery otfln ?"
"Yes; it is 150erted with tiro other lot
1(•114 nutter the initi.11 P."
"'too have you ]earned this?"
"Well, thls horning 1 prepared a writ-
ten order in a wolllau'a •• hantlwriting—•
signed, of course, for Mrs. E. H. Purcell
—.tr.'s presented myself at the delivery
window, asking for that lady's lettere.
The clerk took down all the mail platter
in the box P., and rtulning over 111e let-
tere handed 1110 0110 so addressed. 1 saw
that itbad the • Pittsburg postmark on,
and was Mailed yesterday,"
.'Then I walked a few steps away
Prom the window, and returned again
with the letter to the clerk, saying:
"Thi: is a mistake, sir; there 1n11st be
another Mrs. E. H. Purcell—My sister
has no correspondent in Pittsburg.' lit•
took back the letter from n10, and. I saw
11in1 replace it in the MOM box."
"Good; we apo 11017 entirely certain
that Lizzie bus used that address before,
and that Dntf1ty either conies or vends
for the letters -df his wife. Can you see
this box P from; the hail outside?"
"O11, quite wen—them is a glass
partition through which all the alpha-
betloal hoses aro plainly visible."
'tit; there anything externally striking
,il)(1t1 Miss Greelileaf's letter'?"
i'No, sir; it has a common buff eave-
lol•e, like hundreds• of others."
"How near can you stand to t11e
c:elivery window without being in the
*ay • of traffic, Anil at the vanity time
without appearing to watch it?"
"I ;ehou1d say from four to eight
yards."
••So that if n boy or asaranae woman,"
pursued Air. IBangs', "wer,' to call fpr
1Ire. Purcell's letter, you mild scarcely
tell when it was handed out?"
"Not very well, sir—or not at all,
oerhllpe, without going eloe' to tho rall-
ies, and heaving the person nl:plyierit."
"It will never do to rely on that"
;zeal Mr. Lange, seriously; "we mut
know beyond peradventure the, very
eminent thlpt letter is called for. if . it
g;tc• out without our knowledge, all is
lost; for Dudley will take immediate
flight on learning that snares are tieing
laid in 'Boston for him.
After a brief interval of retieetion he
next inquired of 'i'hnlnns if any regri';tered
lettere wcrth delivered at than window,
end what 1711., the process?
"11) would Anna" replied the rb'teetive,
:•that teary few registered letters ate .)d-
''reeeed to the General Delivery at all;
•111(1 when 'tT1 .re are any', they are not
kept there. I .stead of tient, I iftld that a
ret. card 'Wit the Hate0 addro'*s 15 put
into the props boa, alit' kala its Oleo.
16,
1898,
with tho letters under the s:uml initial.
Ilya when the ownee appears, this card
is given to kiln, and he takes it to the
Registered Letter department where ho
iv expected to prove his identity, and
sign tie receipt for itis letter,"
••.1 presume you Mayo seen some of
those red cards handed out?"
"Only one dur111g the entire day,"
was Mho reply of Thomas. "nor did I ob-
serve another in any of the boxes."
"If there were any of thew, I suppose
you could discern r1 them from the out-
side?" 1
"All tho time, sir; the card could
be distinguished twenty yards away."
This was pWeisely what was wanted.
The Superintendent now direeted Air.
.tuunuls to register aua mtaii rho first
thing in the morning, a decoy envelope
addressed to Mrs. E. 13. Purcell, as for
tho General Delivery. This would have
the effect of placing in the bas P :1 ma
carni with the stone name upon it; and
as long as there was anything with thnt
tddress, so conspicuous that it could not
13 passed out without Thomas seeing it,
t(i must infallibly know when the Pitt't-
nlro letter 11115 applied for --bath being
ortain to he handed down to the a;ppll-
:ant. As a further precaution, however,
10 eves also to maul for her a gory large,
Mad envelope, which ho would be on -
.bled to see in the bon at all thnese and
:o Weiss on the moment of its rens vol.
I11 the morning Mr. 13aug.i visited tho
)ostraster of Boston, and informing
elm that we were in pursuit of a noted
law breaker, who would call at the laen-
'rn1 Delivery office for lettere, requested
=mission for our detective;► to remain
ground tete buildings so long as their
yntch might bo ne• a wary. The official
readily consented, and gave the needful
•orders to tho chief janitor, that Mr.
Thomas and hie associate should he
spared all notice or interference. Ho
further graciously suggested—on learn-
ing that the criminal was associated with
mail robbers—that the office of the
Special Agent, within the briding lnigllt
be used as a rendezvous should occasion
require it.
Before leaving Roston that night the
General Snperiutendont gave further and
fuller instructions to Thomas about the
arrest of Dudley. At lily suggestion ho
also telegraphed to Lizzie Greenleaf in
the following words:—
"Husband
better. Shall write soon.
"ET:l'.A."
(TO DC Ce\Tt\r1Gn.)
Something_ About V o:son.
Woman i3 the Sunday of man.—
!es Miehelet.
slave a uselnl and good wife in
• 110040, or di) not marry at ail.
'1pides.
:Woman has a smile for every joy
•1 a tear fur every sorroW.—
u;ala if roneuis Puullein do St.
ix.
The women w'0 lova n1(lst -is atm,
.• one to whom we express it tem
-•-i':tune I'Ierru Cl: ;nvot de
' •'ir•ha.'.nt'.-
`l. i'. 1'1I t. be Wives and mothers
fulfil the ciao ',sold lluli(;..t cf
on;an's being --Frances Anne
11)151e Baelz r.
.l;] t.:,e evil that women slave done
us comes.eom us, and alt the
'((1 1 hey have done to 011 comes
from them.—:1imi Martin.
Women always show more taste
.1 adorning others than theroid \;.0,
nd the reason is that their persons
like their hearts, they .read
another's better than they can their
;wit.—Jean Paul Richter.
• Women and clergymen have been
long in the habit of using pretty
words without troubling themselves
understand then that they now
evult from the effort, as if it were
n pinta•.—,i oh n Ruskin.
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STOR IA
For Infante ane, Children.
:he fee-
•tteilo
ammo
')3
9r��welprya
te
ores
Heal
Nothing like B.B.B. for healing
sores and ulcers, no matter how
large or how chronic they may be,'
B. B. B. applied externally and
taken internally according -to direc-
tions will soon effect a cure. It
sends rich, pure blood to the part,
so that healthy flesh soon takes the
place of the decaying tissue.
"I had been troubled With sore
fingers and sore toes around the nails,.
The salve I was using did not help me
and I was getting worse. I was advised
to try Burdock Blood Bitters, and after
using nearly two bottles any sores were
all healed up. I" urptioc61..
consider I3.B.13. :a:
l�1
wonderful blood 12100d
purifier." ENOCII Nag
G. IIORST, flloom-
ret
lifter
Laundry Lanes.
Clothes carefully folded and
sprinkled 11i•e half ironed.
Black cotton Hose should be dried
and ironed on the wrong side to
prevent fading.
Pillow blips should be ironed
lengthwise instead of crosswise if one
wishes to
[ ileCt ironwrinkles vrink
les o t '
u Instead
of in.
Clothes when brought in should
be separated and folded at once. It
allowed to lie together, many
Wtiukies aeuuutulate,
Sheets folded across, bringing the
wide and narrow hems together,
thee Added again, then ironed across
both rides, are finished quickly and
look as well as if more time were
spent on them.
It is not needful to boil white
elothes, unless very dirty, and have
the house filled with steam every
week. If the clothes are folded and
laiti ill a largo rinsing tub and
b' iling water Loured on generously,
it answers the purpose.
114:t4h silk handkerchiefs by lay-.
ing t hem on a smooth board and
rubbing with the Palin of the hand.
Use either borax or white Castile
soap to make the suds. Rinse in
clear water, shake till neatly dry,
fold evenly, lay between boards, put
a weight on them. No ironing is
required. Silk ribbons. may be
treated in the same manner::.
Children Cry fo
ST
TOWNSHIP COUNCIL
ELECTIONS.
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL DECIDES;
THAT COUNCILLOIte Int: ELECTED
EY GENERAL VOTE AND NOT
Bl WARDS.
The late Mr. Caven, M. P. P. fur
Prince Edward County, carried
through a bill during last winter's
session repealing the old law and
providing that the council of every
township shall consist of a Reeve,
who shalt be the head thereof, and
four Councillors, who shall be elected
liy general vote. The bill passed
the IIouse without opposition. The
Deputy Attorney General is in receipt
of a number of lett.rs asking
whether this seetior, applies to town
ships heretofore divided itito wards
and requires that all the Councillors
Shall now be elected by general
vote of the entire township. FIe has
given the f.•llowing opinion :—
"Section 73 of the municipal act,
Revised Statues, chap. 223, which
prickles for the election of township
Councillors required; one Councillor
to be elected fur each ward where
the township was divided into wards.
This section was, however, amended •••
,
by 61 Viet., chap. 23, see. 4, and ,iL
now reads as follows :—''The Councilsg k"
of' every towhship shall consist of a
Reeve, who shall behead thereof,and
four Councillors, whoshall be elected — — — by a general vote."
"The result of this amendment
ClC744%. MOT, e kilzez)heb
weak ijk,
�•
lungs � r f'k;.:,. i * pry 1r
I�y..
mat'eu lehThere are o
catch cold easily—whose lungs
Wt seem to need special care and
0. strengthening. Such should take
6R,11700bS
'c(L HoRvi,ji 1r iii! ;) f 1+:471'..
It so heals and invigorates the
Lungs end Bronchial Tubes as to
render them capable of resisting
colds.
"I was troubled for years with
weak lungs," says E.J. Furling,
Lower Woodstock, N. B., "and
could not get any relief, but on
A trying Dr. Wood's Norway Pine
Fj Syrup, it acted splendidly, „ heal-
ing lungs."
1
a g .
Pricee ee an�dd eoc. at all dealers,
aaiorev11 rcevomL
7
HARD TO STOO
Gacknche and Kidney trouble mica;
•
a tt..lifax lady's lite miserable.
DOA.N'S KIDNEY PILLS CURLED JIM'
It would be well if every lady in Canada1
understood that pain in the back and
,•
backache werrn a ,lesst
au more northan
a cry of the disordered kidneys for help.
Hundreds of ladies have found Doen's
Kidney I'ills a blessing, giving them relief
front all their suffering and sickness.
Among those who prize them highly
i, • " ' :t •i:,en taelnlet-, et Cornwallis St.,,
Halifax, 14.S, She says that she was
troubled with a weakness and pain across
the sura ll of1)(0' bates:, which was so intense,
at times that she could hardly stoop%
Hearing- of Doan's Kidney -Pills she got'
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completely re coved the pains from her
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entire system. Mrs. Stanley also added
that her t;usband lead suffered from kidney •
derangement, hut one box of Doan's
Kidney Pills completely cured him,
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Dropsy, Gravel. or any kidney or urinary../�
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"''b S5� , "'4r:vi4'fa�1 dart,,
IS A WIS
WHO
DOES
THE
RIGHT
THING
A. .fi-
THE
EIGHT
TIME
appears to he that in electing
Councillors of townships the election
is to be made without regard to any
ward division, and the sections of
the municipal act which in any way
conflict, it would seem, must be
deemed to bo repealed by implica-
tion."
Write to DR. BOBEU.TZ, he is
THE DOCTOR "li® CURES
weakness of men. Expert scientific treatment. In.
struetive hook recta Address G. Ii. B013ERTZ, 3i. D.
252 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich.
Miss I4elen Power, a nurse, was
killed; • Miss Kate Barker, a dress.
maker, was fataily injured, and Mrs.
C. Stedman.Fieroe was seriously in-
jured In a fire at 631 King street
West Toronto.
So mu".b depends upon the purity of
the blood that by taking Hood's Sarsa•
parilla many different diseases are cured.
SAW MILL
Bic1G31'lAltti'i twv, 3P°nops.
All kinds of rough and dressed
lumber, Lath, Shingles, .
Apple Barrels, Hard & Soft Slabs
Also a large quantity of dry hard
wood for sale, delivered.
Telephone orders
ten ed t(i.
gti
o
The 'right time to do the
right thing is. NOW, and ad
vertisii.g space in
F
arena%%I tea.
—Lin. 11.2 3
p"yr;
uaLL
will help to keep your business
[11oVi11.
With the good crops money
will circtiktee freely this Fall
and 4 s' ill to 1', and no advertiser
should :ail to It egin now and
attract the attention of pros-
pective buyers to his store and
what it: contains. 1'
T MES
011E OWES RELOEP.
c
for
o
0
mine
until you have tried
You can buy them in the paper 5 -cent cartons
Ten Tabu:es for Five Cents..
thin wart is put up oheaply to orange the unlrerral present demand fcr a low prti*.
If you don't find this sort of •
Ripans Tabules
At the Drtiggt's
Send Five Cents to Tss RIPAN8 COILM'SI e tleetrA
'Spruce St., New 'York, end they.w
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